Sec. 6.
(a) After
August 15, 1988, a minimum of thirty-eight (38) credits is necessary for high
school graduation. Twenty-two (22) of the credits shall be earned in the areas
of study specified in subsection (b), and sixteen (16) of the credits shall be
earned from courses in these and other areas of study listed in subsection (b)
and 511 IAC 6.1-5.1.
(b) The twenty-two (22) required credits
consist of the following:
| (1) Language arts |
8 credits |
| (2) Social studies |
4 credits |
| (3) Mathematics |
4 credits |
| (4) Science |
4 credits |
| (5) Health and safety |
1 credit |
| (6) Basic physical education, adapted as necessary
|
1 credit |
(c)
Courses that may be counted toward the required credits prescribed in
subsection (b) are subject to the following provisions:
(1) A minimum of six (6) credits of the
language arts requirement shall be from the English language arts area of study
and are to provide a balance of the following:
(A) Writing.
(B) Reading.
(C) Listening.
(D) Speaking.
(E) Grammar.
(F) Literature.
(G) Media studies.
For students with a major in a vocational-technical program,
two (2) credits may be from business technology education, family and consumer
sciences, technology education, or vocational-technical courses having
predominately language arts content. For students who successfully complete a
Level III foreign language course, two (2) credits of the language arts
requirement may be waived.
(2) The social studies requirement shall
include the following:
(A) Two (2) credits in
United States history.
(B) One (1)
credit in United States government.
(C) One (1) credit in another social studies
course.
(3) A minimum of
two (2) credits of the mathematics requirement shall be from the mathematics
area of study. For students with a major in a vocational-technical program, two
(2) credits may be from business technology education, family and consumer
sciences, technology education, or vocational-technical courses having
predominately mathematics content.
(4) Subject to the provisions of subdivisions
(5) through (7), the health and safety credit shall be from a course in the
health, physical education, and safety area of study that has comprehensive
health education content.
(5)
Before July 1, 2000, the health and safety requirement may be waived for a
student with either a minor or major in family and consumer sciences if the
student's program includes three (3) credits from the family and consumer
sciences courses of consumer education, nutrition and food, and interpersonal
relations and a fourth credit from one (1) of the following courses:
(A) Child development.
(B) Human development.
(C) Family health.
(6) After June 30, 1998, the health and
safety credit may be waived for a student if the student's program includes
three (3) credits from the following family and consumer sciences courses:
(A) Child development and
parenting.
(B) Human development
and family wellness.
(C)
Interpersonal relationships.
(D)
Nutrition and wellness.
(E)
Orientation to life and careers or adult roles and responsibilities.
(7) One (1) credit substitution of
either a science, family and consumer sciences, or any health, physical
education, and safety credit may be used to fulfill the health and safety
requirement for students qualifying under the religious objection provision of
IC 20-30-5-9 (hygiene instruction).
(8) The four (4) credits of science shall
include content from more than one (1) of the major science discipline
categories, which are the following:
(A) Life
science.
(B) Physical
science.
(C) Earth and space
science.
For students with a major in a vocational-technical program,
two (2) credits may be from business technology education, family and consumer
sciences, technology education, or vocational-technical courses having
predominately science content.
Transferred from the Commission on General Education
(510 IAC 9-2-3.1) to the Indiana
State Board of Education (511 IAC 6-7-6) by
P.L.
20-1984,
SECTION
206, effective July 1, 1984.
